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| DESCRIPTION: | No. 32401 |
| Mineral: | Quartz (unusual stepped-growth) |
| Locality: | Borosilikatnoye deposit, Dalnegorsk, Primorskiy Kray, Russia |
| Description: | Several intersecting crystals of colorless quartz exhibiting unusual stepped growth and flat terminations. This has been called Cut Quartz because the quartz growth was interrupted by thin calcite plates that dissolved and formed again. |
| Overall Size: | 6x5x5 cm |
| Crystals: | 2-7 cm |
| Archived: | For reference only |
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